What's the best way to redistribute vcredist_x86.exe in my wix installer?

I have a wix installer that installs a visual C application via MSI. On a clean install of vista I get some side by side errors in the event log and my executable service won't start. Installing vcredist_x86.exe solves this problem but leaves me with the question of how to properly redistribute the contents of vcredist_x86.exe.

Do I use merge modules? Do I try and use a custom application to launch the file? What's best practice for this? I'd assume I'd find clear instructions some where since it must be a very common case but so far I'm still stumped.

It is possible to install applications without having to install the redistributable. Check the link below for more information..
http://blog.kalmbach-software.de/2009/05/27/deployment-of-vc2008-apps-without-installing-anything/

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